Born in Wankaner, Saurashtra, in 1954, Yogesh Rawal was a versatile Indian contemporary artist recognized for his multi-disciplinary practice. He completed his graduation from Mumbai's Sir J.J. School of Art in 1978. Soon after, a French government scholarship took him to Paris, where he specialized in lithography at the L’ecole National Superieure des Beaux-arts and mastered etching techniques at Atelier 17.

Rawal's extensive body of work bridged painting, printmaking, sculpture, and complex paper collages. He frequently crafted his abstract pieces using materials like synthetic resin, cellulose, and layered paper. His choice of colors remained highly disciplined and minimal, usually favoring a monochromatic palette or restricting his compositions strictly to black and white.